Picker-staff and sweep-stick connection for looms.



No. 793,182. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. B. ORINON.

PIGKER STAFF AND SWEEP STICK CONNECTION FOR LOOMS.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 12,1902.

Patented June 27, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE,

EUGENE CRINON, OF 'VASSALBORO, MAINE.

PlCKER-STAFF AND SWEEP-STICK CONNECTION FOR LOOIVIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 793.182, dated June 27, 1905.

Application filed August 12, 1902. Serial No. 119,435.

To 11/ who/)1, if 'lIM/ j/ concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE (lmNoN, a citizen ofthe Republic of France, residing at Vassalboro, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picker-Staff and Sweep- Stiek (onnections for Looms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to looms, and especially to the mounting of the picker-staff and connecting it with the sweep-stick.

The objects of my invention are to provide a very durable lugstrap for the end of the sweep-stick that shall give a very substantial buffer in its strikingend, to dispense with the necessity for perforating the picker-statf, to attach thereto the leather strap usually employed to regulate the power of the shuttle, and to supply in lieu thereof a rod'for regulating the distance between the sweep-stick and the pivotal point of the picker-staff.

Additional advantages of my invention will more fully appear hereinafter and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a partof a loom, showing my improvement in position; Fig. 2, a plan view of the lug-strap, and Fig. 3 a view of a portion of the sweep-stick and a vertical section of the lug-strap.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, A represents the frame of a loom; B, the sweepstick; U, the lug-strap secured to the end of the sweep-stick, and l) the picker-staff pivoted by means of the bolt E to the lay-beam E.

The lug-strap U is made of a flat steel bar, bent to form a loop U to receive the pickerstaff I), the ends of said loop being secured to the end of the sweep-stick B by means of bolts F.

G is a bolt inserted through the loop C and having a sleeve H thereon. The purpose of the bolt Gr is to limit the swing of the pickerstaff when striking the shuttle. A buffer-pad I, made of leather and having a face-plate K of metal, is secured in the end of the loop C by means of a rivet L.

M represents a metal strap having its lower end pivoted on the bolt E and its upper end secured to the bolt (l through one of the holes N. The purpose of the strap M is to adjust the height of the sweep-stick from the base of the loom, and thus increase or decrease the striking power and the length of swing of the picker-staff.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a loom, the combination with the pickerstafl', and the sweep-stick, of a strip of flat metal bent to form a U-shaped loop secured to the end of the sweep-stick, a buffer-pad secured in the bent portion of the loop consisting of a cushion of leather and a face-plate of rigid material, said pad being secured to the loop by means of a bolt passing through said pad and loop intermediate of the ends of said pad, the picker-staff mounted in said loop and adapted to strike the ends of said pad, a bolt passed through said loop on the side of said picker-staff opposite to said pad, and a supporting-rod suitably pivoted and having a series of holes adapted to register with said bolt, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof lhereto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EUG ENE ORINON.

\Vitnesses:

I. 1- (1mm, E. A. LOVEJOY. 

